On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 09:56:05PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote: > >> mm/memory.c:3968:21: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different > >> base types) @@ expected restricted vm_fault_t [usertype] ret @@ > >> got e] ret @@ > mm/memory.c:3968:21: expected restricted vm_fault_t [usertype] ret > mm/memory.c:3968:21: got int I think this may be a sparse bug. Compare: +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -3964,6 +3964,9 @@ vm_fault_t handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_USER) mem_cgroup_enter_user_fault(); + ret = 0; + ret = ({ BUG(); 0; }); + ret = 1; if (unlikely(is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))) ret = hugetlb_fault(vma->vm_mm, vma, address, flags); else ../mm/memory.c:3968:13: sparse: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) ../mm/memory.c:3968:13: sparse: expected restricted vm_fault_t [assigned] [usertype] ret ../mm/memory.c:3968:13: sparse: got int ../mm/memory.c:3969:13: sparse: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) ../mm/memory.c:3969:13: sparse: expected restricted vm_fault_t [assigned] [usertype] ret ../mm/memory.c:3969:13: sparse: got int vm_fault_t is __bitwise: include/linux/mm_types.h:typedef __bitwise unsigned int vm_fault_t; so simply assigning 0 to ret should work (and does on line 3967), but sparse doesn't seem to like it as part of a ({ .. }) expression.